October was a rough month for investors. The giant technology stocks that led the way higher all last year took it on the chin and dragged the rest of the market down with them.
So, then what? Where can we take advantage of the global sell-off to buy quality companies at bargain prices?
You've probably heard – numerous times – that the fictional world of "Jurassic Park" is about to become reality.
And probably every time, after you read the article or listened to the report, the actual innovation was a letdown.
Well, this time, I'm the one telling you that the fictional world of "Jurassic Park" is about to become a reality – and I truly hope what I'm about to tell you isn't a disappointment.
No, I'm not predicting we will see the rebirth of dinosaurs.
But we may soon see formerly extinct species spring to life once again.
Scientists in Australia recently used a cutting-edge gene-editing technique to insert DNA from the passenger pigeon, which went extinct in 1914, into the common pigeon. If all goes as planned, birds from that flock will become the first animals to have genetic codes from an extinct species.
Now that's no letdown and will be, if successful, a huge scientific breakthrough.
There could be a big profit breakthrough here too.
The so-called next-generation sequencing (NGS) market that underpins these breakthroughs will be worth $21.4 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research.
That would be astounding 362% growth from the $4.62 billion NGS market of 2015.
And you can ride that soaring market with the company I'm going to tell you all about.
I've fallen in head-over-heels in love once gain.
And no, my wife has nothing to worry about. It's not a younger woman or anything like that.
Instead, it's a 321-horsepower V-6 beast of a car that handles like a dream but is also very economical to drive.
Then again, this is a three-motor hybrid model equipped with a seven-speed automatic transmission that you shift from the steering wheel when in sport mode.
That's not all – not by a long shot. See, my new 2019 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid excels at semiautonomous driving.
Now I know from personal experience why analysts say the market for self-driving autos will grow a stunning 10-fold, to a whopping $556 billion, in less than a decade.
Clearly that is a massive market, and one that savvy tech investors would do well to target.
Today, I want to reveal one of the best and brightest companies in tech.
It's a great play on autonomous driving.
Heck, it's a great play on virtual reality, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies... and just about everything else going down in Silicon Valley.
And it could easily hand us 65% gains in just the next 12 months – and much more than that for many years to come.
These are boom times for the overall workforce in the U.S., and independent contractors as well.
A record 150 million Americans had jobs at the end of August, the last month for full data. That's an increase of 2.3 million jobs in just one year.
Plus, there's also a record 6.9 million openings just waiting to be filled. And a 3.9% unemployment rate is one of the best we've seen in decades.
Now, when we spoke on Sept. 26, I told you of a great way to play the rise of the independent workforce.
After all, this group is growing much faster than the overall jobs boom. As I noted, that's a rising market with a lot of profit potential.
But today, I want to talk about the opportunities that are waiting on the flip side of that investing coin.
In others words, I want to introduce you to a tech leader that has the right products to help employers manage their growing number of workers... and stands ready to meet a very target-rich market.
I'm talking about a fast-moving firm that's doubling its sales every two years.
Right now, hidden in the otherwise strong employment numbers, is a boom in self-employment, freelance workers, and independent contractors.
In other words, people are hanging their own personal shingles and working for themselves.
This is going to sound... odd. But hear me out.
Shopping for tires has a lot in common with picking cybersecurity stocks.
Here's how I came up with this line of thought.
My wife needs new tires for her luxury SUV, an Infiniti FX35, and they need to perform in all sorts of weather.
See, we live up in the hills, and she drives to work along narrow roads with dangerous, hairpin curves.
Some mornings, the fog is so thick that the roads get slick. In the rainy season, these roads get even slicker. If she skidded and went over the side, she could easily plunge 200 feet to the bottom of a canyon.
In other words, we are willing to pay extra to get excellent performance in all conditions.
You should take the same approach to investing in the growth field of cybersecurity.
While this is a vital industry, many of the stocks in this sector are choppy and news-driven.
That makes it easy to lose money on those kinds of trades if you get the timing wrong.
But I have uncovered what I believe is a great "all-weather" cybersecurity leader. This is the kind of stock that will keep you on the road to wealth even in the stormiest of conditions.
Plus, it's going to double in 2.4 years.
Earlier this month, we celebrated the best Labor Day weekend in decades.
No, I'm not talking about all of those holiday sales – or my backyard barbecue (though it was pretty awesome).
Instead, I'm talking about the numbers the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unveiled on Friday, Sept. 1, a few days before Labor Day.
According to the BLS, the nation created more than 200,000 jobs in August, beating forecasts. The unemployment rate remained at a decades-low 3.9%.
On top of that, wages are finally on the rise after stagnating since the recovery began almost a decade ago. With a 2.9% year-on-year growth, wages climbed at their fastest rate since June 2009.
But here's the thing. There's something about this jobs boom that Wall Street isn't telling you about.
Independent contractors also find themselves in the midst of a huge rally.
A new report says that the barely-talked-about freelance workforce is growing three times faster than overall labor growth. Right now, it contributes $1.4 trillion to our economy.
This trend is bound to shake up employment as we know it.
And I've uncovered a great tech leader poised to crush the market thanks to this unstoppable trend.
One of the best tech stocks to buy in October 2018 isn't a flashy FANG stock or legacy Silicon Valley giant, but it could make you a killing.
The clients for this company run the spectrum from start-ups to some of the biggest companies on the planet, including Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) and Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL).
Amazon became the world's second trillion-dollar company on Sept. 4, 2018, when shares pushed through the $2,050.27 needed to make it happen.
But I think it'll be the world's first $2 trillion player.
Here's why and, of course, how to play along for maximum profit potential...
This month marks the 36th anniversary of one of the most important events in U.S. automotive history.
It was the launch of a car so far ahead of its time that it might as well have been science fiction. And, well, it actually was.
On Sept. 26, 1982, TV viewers got a glimpse of the future of the automobile industry. I'm talking about KITT, the artificial intelligence-powered auto costar of the series "Knight Rider."
When I started Total Wealth, I highlighted six "Unstoppable Trends" for you and told you that "every dollar you'll make in the next 10 years in on this list."
Not literally, of course, but figuratively.
The six Unstoppable Trends we follow – Demographics, Scarcity/Allocation, Medicine, Energy, Technology, and War, Terrorism & Ugliness – are all driven by trillions of dollars that will get spent practically no matter what happens in the years ahead.
Lining your money up with 'em is the single easiest and most powerful path to profits.
Trade wars... they become somebody else's concern!
Politics... not your worry!
Market corrections... so what!
I know that's hard to accept and even harder to rationalize, so let me put it this way using an old saying you may be familiar with... "A rising tide raises all boats."
Unstoppable Trends are a lot like the tide. Most investors concentrate on the boats – meaning individual companies – with no awareness of what the tide is doing. So, not surprisingly, they're caught when they go aground or collide with an unseen obstacle just beneath the waves.
But get the tide right before you pick your boat?
Now you're going to have a great (and very profitable) sail.
Take War, Terrorism & Ugliness, for example...
A few weeks ago, my daughter graduated with honors in finance from the University of Portland, which she attended as a Presidential Scholar.
I couldn't be prouder.
And I'm even more impressed by her next decision: She's pursuing, on a one-year schedule, a technology master's degree with an emphasis on supply-chain logistics.
That means when she leaves grad school next May she will be stepping into a red-hot field.
But I'm here to do more than boast about my daughter's future prospects – as fun for me as that may be.
Here's the thing: A recent report from a key industry trade group says U.S. firms alone spent a record $1.5 trillion on logistics last year. The momentum is this industry is driven by something you and I have been talking about for years – the rise in e-commerce.
While I was researching my daughter's career choice, I was surprised to learn which company is considered the leader in logistics tech.
No, it's not a freight company... or a package carrier... or a retailer or energy company with an incredibly complex supply chain.
It's Verizon Communications Inc.
In today's report, I'll show you why that's so.
I'll also show you why Verizon is not the best play in this sector.
Anxious investors frequently ask me, "how can you get beyond FANG stocks?" and my response is always the same...
...why on earth would you want to??!!
FANG stocks are the single most powerful and profitable investing opportunities ever created.
You know their names ..."F"acebook Inc., "A"mazon.com Inc., "N"etflix Inc., and "G"oogle (Alphabet Inc.).
Just $10,000 invested in each when they went public is now worth a staggering...
...$59,953 – Facebook
...$245,193 – Google (now Alphabet)
...$359,978 – Amazon
...$3,388,290 – Netflix
You're missing out if you're not on board.
So, do yourself a favor.
GET on board.
Contrary to what a lot of people believe about 'em being "expensive," the reality is that they're dirt cheap.
I know that's hard to comprehend.
A little perspective might help.
In 1980, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s stock stood at $300 a share, and people thought that was impossibly high. By 1990, a single share would set you back $9,000. That was $50,000 a share by 2000. Today, Berkshire trades at a jaw-dropping $317,850.00 per share.
Forget about the individual companies for a moment.
What matters here is that every single one of the FANG stocks is changing the world we live in. That means they are being driven by trillions of dollars in spending that will happen no matter who is in the White House, which countries want to fight over trade, or even the Fed's next move.
They are the very embodiment of an Unstoppable Trend and, as such, forward-looking growth machines best viewed in light of what they will accomplish, not where they've been in the rear view mirror.
Latching on to them will help you grow your money faster, with more certainty, and with bigger profits than you've ever dreamed.
There's an art and even a science to this...
Go big or go home. That's my motto today.
See, we're coming up on the fifth anniversary of a bold call I made about Amazon.com Inc.
And it all had to do with my thesis that high tech is vital to our economy and your investment portfolio. That the road to wealth is paved by tech...
Of course, my belief in tech as a key force behind the ongoing success of – heck, the mere existence of – just about any company on the market remains as strong as ever.
As with the doubters you still see today, many in the financial media were skeptical that the "King of E-Commerce" really could hit $1,000 when I predicted as much on Oct. 30, 2013.
At the time, four years into a huge bull market, TV analysts were spouting off about how a "tech bubble" was about to burst.
But I strongly disagreed. I argued that tech had become the key driver for the U.S. economy in a way we hadn't seen before. That's why I said that Amazon would roughly triple from the $332 per share that it traded for the day that column ran.
Well, Amazon crossed the $1,000 threshold way back on May 31, 2017, and the stock hit an all-time high of $1,980.45 on Aug. 31, 2018.
But if you think gains like these are a thing of the past for Amazon, and that you're too late to profit from this tech juggernaut, I've got news for you.
Its share price isn't stopping here.
In fact, it's still on the rise.
And that means it's time for another bold call...
Our tech stock pick today has its hand in just about every up-and-coming technology, from immunotherapy to driverless cars.
Whether it's young start-ups or behemoths like Alphabet and Nike, this company has the solutions to help them deliver the goods.
You'll want to get in on it now while it's still flying under the market's radar.
